" My hole is warm and full of light. Yes, full of light. I doubt if there is a brighter spot in all New York than this hole of mine, and I do not exclude Broadway. Or the Empire State Building on a photographer's dream night. But that is taking advantage of you. Those two spts are among the darkest of our whole civilization-pardon me, our whole culture (an important distiction, I've heard) -which might sound like a hoax, or a contradiction, but that (by contradiction, I mean) is how the world moves. Not like an arrow, but a boomerang. (Beware of those who speak of the spiral of history ; they are preparing a boomerang. Keep a steel hemet handy.) I know; I have been bomeranged across my head so much that I now can see the darkness of lightness. And I love light. Perhaps you'll think it strange that an invisable man should need light, desire light, love light. But maybe it is exactly because I am invisable. Light confirms my reality, gives birth to my form." (Ellison, Invisable Man, pg. 6)
"Put Your Lights On" (feat. Everlast)
Hey now, all you sinners
Put your lights on, put your lights on
Hey now, all you lovers
Put your lights on, put your lights on
Hey now, all you killers
Put your lights on, put your lights on
Hey now, all you children
Leave your lights on, you better leave your lights on
Cause there's a monster living under my bed
Whispering in my ear
There's an angel, with a hand on my head
She say I've got nothing to fear
There's a darkness living deep in my soul
I still got a purpose to serve
So let your light shine, deep into my home
God, don't let me lose my nerve
Lose my nerve
Hey now, hey now, hey now, hey now
Wo oh hey now, hey now, hey now, hey now
Hey now, all you sinners
Put your lights on, put your lights on
Hey now, all you children
Leave your lights on, you better leave your lights on
Because there's a monster living under my bed
Whispering in my ear
There's an angel, with a hand on my head
She say's I've got nothing to fear
La illaha illa Allah
We all shine like stars
La illaha illa Allah
We all shine like stars
Then we fade away
± Excerpt From Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison ±
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" My hole is warm and full of light. Yes, full of light. I doubt if there is a brighter spot in all New York than this hole of mine, and I do not exclude Broadway. Or the Empire State Building on a photographer's dream night. But that is taking advantage of you. Those two spts are among the darkest of our whole civilization-pardon me, our whole culture (an important distiction, I've heard) -which might sound like a hoax, or a contradiction, but that (by contradiction, I mean) is how the world moves. Not like an arrow, but a boomerang. (Beware of those who speak of the spiral of history ; they are preparing a boomerang. Keep a steel hemet handy.) I know; I have been bomeranged across my head so much that I now can see the darkness of lightness. And I love light. Perhaps you'll think it strange that an invisable man should need light, desire light, love light. But maybe it is exactly because I am invisable. Light confirms my reality, gives birth to my form." (Ellison, Invisable Man, pg. 6)
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(On the Right: "Cabeza" by Jean Michel Basquiat // Found at Artifacts.net)
**A Connection in Light**
Wall 3 "Sand"
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SANTANA LYRICS
"Put Your Lights On"
(feat. Everlast)
Hey now, all you sinners
Put your lights on, put your lights on
Hey now, all you lovers
Put your lights on, put your lights on
Hey now, all you killers
Put your lights on, put your lights on
Hey now, all you children
Leave your lights on, you better leave your lights on
Cause there's a monster living under my bed
Whispering in my ear
There's an angel, with a hand on my head
She say I've got nothing to fear
There's a darkness living deep in my soul
I still got a purpose to serve
So let your light shine, deep into my home
God, don't let me lose my nerve
Lose my nerve
Hey now, hey now, hey now, hey now
Wo oh hey now, hey now, hey now, hey now
Hey now, all you sinners
Put your lights on, put your lights on
Hey now, all you children
Leave your lights on, you better leave your lights on
Because there's a monster living under my bed
Whispering in my ear
There's an angel, with a hand on my head
She say's I've got nothing to fear
La illaha illa Allah
We all shine like stars
La illaha illa Allah
We all shine like stars
Then we fade away